PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree™ Report, Data: Thomson Reuters
EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 AM EDT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24
Full Year 2008 - Largest U.S. Venture Capital Investments
Quarter Company City State Industry Stage of Investment Development Sequence Expansion 6 $ Amount Business Description Website Investors Carlyle Group, The,Grazia Equity GmbH,Lone Pine Capital,Omidyar Network,Undisclosed Firm,Undisclosed Firm
1 Nanosolar, Inc.
San Jose
CA
Industrial/Energy
299,999,700 Produces solar electricity through solar-cell technology.
www.nanosolar.com
4 Solyndra, Inc.
Fremont
CA
Industrial/Energy
Expansion
4
$
219,277,800 Designs and manufactures photovoltaic technology for solar energy.
www.solyndra.com
CMEA Ventures (FKA: Chemicals & Materials Enterprise Assoc.),Redpoint Ventures,Rockport Capital Partners,U.S. Venture Partners,Undisclosed Firm Citigroup Alternative Investments,Credit Suisse Group,Good Energies, Inc.,Pacific Corporate Group,Reinvestment Fund, The (AKA: TRF),Undisclosed Firm,Undisclosed Firm
3 SolarReserve, Inc.
Santa Monica
CA
Industrial/Energy
Expansion
1
$
140,000,000 Develops utility-scale renewable energy solar power plants.
www.solar-reserve.com
2 OptiSolar, Inc.
Hayward
CA
Industrial/Energy
Expansion
1
$
132,000,000 Manufactures photovoltaic modules and produces power.
www.optisolar.com
Richardson Capital Limited,Undisclosed Venture Firm
1 Range Fuels, Inc.
Broomfield
CO
Industrial/Energy
Expansion
2
$
130,000,200 Develops cellulosic ethanol production technology.
www.rangefuels.com
Khosla Ventures,Morgan Stanley Private Equity,Pacific Corporate Group,Pequot Capital Management, Inc.,Undisclosed Firm Chevron Technology Ventures (CTTV Investments LLC),DBL Investors (AKA: Double Bottom Line Venture Capital),Draper Fisher Jurvetson (FKA: Draper Associates),Morgan Stanley Private Equity,Statoil Innovation AS (AKA: StatoilHydro),Undisclosed Firm,VantagePoi DCM (FKA: Doll Capital Management),Individuals,Invus Group Ltd., The,Technology Partners,Undisclosed Firm,Undisclosed Firm
2 BrightSource Energy, Inc.
Oakland
CA
Industrial/Energy
Expansion
5
$
115,000,000 Develops utility-scale solar power plants.
www.brightsourceenergy.com
3 AVA Solar, Inc.
Fort Collins
CO
Industrial/Energy
Expansion
3
$
103,999,800 Manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules.
www.avasolar.com
4 Pocket Communications Northeast
San Antonio
TX
Telecommunications
Early Stage
1
$
100,000,000 Provides wireless communications services.
www.pocket.com
Battery Ventures, L.P.,Charles River Ventures
2 Rearden Commerce
Foster City
CA
IT Services
Later Stage
7
$
100,000,000 Provides on-demand assistants for business management.
www.reardencommerce.com
Foundation Capital,Oak Investment Partners,Palo Alto Investors,Undisclosed Firm AllianceBernstein L.P. (FKA: Alliance Capital Management),Alloy Ventures,Duff Ackerman & Goodrich LLC (AKA: DAG Ventures),Intel Capital,Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,Maverick Capital Ltd.,Mohr Davidow Ventures,Morgan Stanley Private Equity,T. Rowe Pric
3 Pacific Biosciences of California
Menlo Park
CA
Biotechnology
Expansion
4
$
99,999,600 Develops a DNA sequencing platform.
www.pacificbiosciences.com
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree™ Report, Data: Thomson Financial
* Data current as of January 15, 2008